@coach joe posted:Mel, thanks for the reply. I sometimes see a slow down on my tight 0-31, 0-27 curves that I attribute to friction and inertia. Knowing you're a conventional operator I was thinking that was the cause of the change in tempo of the chuff although a visual change in speed wasn't noticeable.
Joe,
Speed control may function better with command control and 18 volts on the track, but I'm satisfied with how my layouts operate conventionally and prefer to avoid rewiring, electronic issues and the cost of command control. The additional features aren't important to me and I don't think it's necessary on my layouts where most of the curves are O-54 and O-72. Do you run speed-controlled engines on O-27 and O-31? Are there variations in speed and sounds? I'd be interested to see a video.
One further point on New Haven #3400 with scale wheels. MTH says it "operates on 42-inch radius curves." Mine is running on 27-inch radius curves and switches.
MELGAR
